It’s not a news site; it’s comment and analysis (I never know how much the distinction between reporting and commentary is clear to non-journalists). Essentially, UnHerd rarely breaks scoops, although I have done once or twice; it’s analysis of things that are already public knowledge, essays, opinion. Like a blog site in a way.
But it’s – I guess it thinks of itself as heterodox? In the Haidt sense. Saying the, ah, “unheard” things (also “not part of the herd”, it was a bit of a laboured pun). So it’s generally politically unaligned but has a fondness for the stuff that it is hard to say in The Current Moment, which often but not always cashes out as criticism of the social justice movement. I think that’s a fair description.
It’s not a news site; it’s comment and analysis (I never know how much the distinction between reporting and commentary is clear to non-journalists). Essentially, UnHerd rarely breaks scoops, although I have done once or twice; it’s analysis of things that are already public knowledge, essays, opinion. Like a blog site in a way.
But it’s – I guess it thinks of itself as heterodox? In the Haidt sense. Saying the, ah, “unheard” things (also “not part of the herd”, it was a bit of a laboured pun). So it’s generally politically unaligned but has a fondness for the stuff that it is hard to say in The Current Moment, which often but not always cashes out as criticism of the social justice movement. I think that’s a fair description.